Leviticus 16:4:15Lev.16.4.W15TAB
וְרָחַ֥ץ
vehrakhats
“bathe”
- Transliteration
- veh-RA-khats
- Extended
- veh-RAA-khats
- IPA
- /vəˈraħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- bathe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-RA-khats
- phraseyour reading level
veh-RA-khats ba-MA-yim
- clause
big-dee-KOH-desh HEM veh-RA-khats ba-MA-yim ET-beh-SA-ROH u-leh-VE-SHAHM
- sentence
keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh yil-BAASH u-mikh-neh-see-BAD yih-YOO al-beh-sa-ROH u-beh-av-NET BAD yakh-GOR u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD yits-NOF big-dee-KOH-desh HEM veh-RA-khats ba-MA-yim ET-beh-SA-ROH u-leh-VE-SHAHM
Exegesis
The prefixed vav in u-mikhnesai-bad {וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ | wə·miẖ·nə·sē·ḇaḏ} marks continuation rather than simple conjunction, and the vav-consecutive in ve-rachats {וְרָחַץ | wə·ra·ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall wash’ shifts aspect to perfect, signaling the concluding purification act with ba-mayim {בַּמַּ֛יִם | ba·ma·yim} ‘in the water’ specifying the means. English preserves this structure by segmenting sequential instructions while maintaining the thematic focus on holiness and ritual progression.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-ṣr-ḥ-ṣ
“to wash”
In context — Leviticus 16:4
He shall put on the sacred linen tunic , and the linen undergarments shall be upon his flesh; he shall tie with the linen sash and wrap himself with the linen turban. These are holy garments; so he shall bathe himself with water and put them on.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 16:4, so the Hebrew word וְרָחַ֥ץ (vehrakhats) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.16.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.4.W15.S1) and character.